I work as a cashier, and I've seen Daniel Alfreddson, Jason Spezza, Mike Fisher and Jarko Ruutu come through my cash. Also, not me personally but one of my buddies almost fought Ray Emery at a nightclub. Also his hummer is parked near where I work a lot. ALSO SAW TEAM ****** CANADA WJHC BUS when they were in the restaurant next door. Wanted to see PK sooooo bad.

I run into Packers all the time. I can't even count the number of times i've just seen 'em out at the bar or mall or grocery store.

some of the best ones were:

went out after a packer game and Bubba Franks was there..so, my brother and were eyeballing him to see if he was taller than my brother (he is 6' 7)..so, eventually, i just told him to go stand next to Bubba..so, he did. and we were all staring at him trying to figure out who was taller...Bubba eventually noticed we were up to something, so he turned and asked my brother; "can i help you with something?" sounded kinda annoyed. so, my bro told him what was going on and, next thing we knew, they were standing back to back comparing height. they were dead even.

another time, during the miserable 4-12 season of 2005, we were out at a bar, talking about how much the packers sucked...and, my wife was kinda drunk..and in a mode where she could be counted on to give a loud negative response to any packer player mentioned...so, my friend said; "how about Mark Tauscher?" and, wifey loudly exclaimed "he sucks." I couldn't stop this from happening, but after the fact i told her that Mark Tauscher was sitting about 3 feet away from her when she said this."

my brother had the best stories though. he worked at one of the nicer golf courses in GB, so he saw all the players and coaches regularly. he had some great stories.

remember the commercials with NFL players giving tours of their homes? AJ Hawk did one. he came into the pro shop and asked to borrow a set of golf clubs...so, my bro gave him a loner pair...but, found it weird since he's seen AJ play with his own clubs before...well...he understood when he saw the commercial air with AJ throwing a set of clubs off his balcony.

also, one time when Brett Favre came in to golf a quick 9 holes, my brother asked if he "wanted some company out there." he got shot down..but, can't blame him for trying.

I know the entire Stastny family. I've also met Zdeno Chara, Eric Desjardins John Muckler, Miro Satan, Vlad Guerrero, Pedro Martinez, David Segui, Kris Draper, and Jose Vidro. I was right next to Wayne Gretzky as he did an interview at the World Cup and almost **** myself, but couldn't say anything to him because he was doing the interview.

I met Justin Miller at a local HS football game before he was drafted. I probably would not have recognize him if not for the goofy ass clemson track suit. talked to him and got an autograph, he is suprisedly laid back.

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On Andrew Luck

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Originally Posted by killxswitch

People are expecting him to be some sort of alien defense-destroying robot QB and it's just not realistic.

I've talked to former major league baseball pitcher Jamie Navarro. Cool guy, I was like seven, and he gave me a baseball. That was when he was on the Brewers and they played in the AL, wore those old uniforms every game, and played against the Twins in Minnesota quite a bit.

Uh, other than that, I lived with UWM guard/forward Deonte Roberts this year. Shook hands with Coach Jeter. And I've had class with a few other UWM basketball players.

Also met some Twins at events most noteably Bert Blyleven.

Lastly, when a friend of mine and I went to Vikings training camp a couple years ago, he talked to Charles Gordon.

- Bill Cowher's daughter was a senior at my school this year, and he's at the basketball games all of the time.
- Coach K was at a bunch of our teams games recruiting 5* PF Ryan Kelly, who also goes to my school (and dates Cowher's daughter)
- Sidney Lowe came to a couple games when we played Word of God to see John Wall and C.J. Leslie
- Julius Peppers' niece is two grades below me (but I've never met him)
- Rob Brindamour's kid is like a 4th grader (never met him either)
- Ray Whitney lives in my neighborhood (have met him)

I've walked by most of these people and just been like hey, good luck this season, or something like that.

I was at Lenox mall in Atlanta on a saturday with my girlfriend and she notices a really tall man. I was like 'huh?' and i look at the man. I double take and its Amare Stoudamire! I start acting like a little kid. ahah my gf is like. Dont make a fool out of yourself! but i go up to him to shake his hand, but one of his friends (big bodyguards maybe?) says in a low voice "Mr. Stoudamire is eating". But Amare offers me a fist and we fist bump. My first and only encounter with an athlete